Lyricist(s): Beale, Richard
Conductor(s): Rand, Catherine A.
Label: Naxos
Series: Wind Band Classics
Genre: Concerto; Wind Ensemble/Band Music
Period: Contemporary
Catalogue No: 8.573587
Barcode: 747313358779
Release Date: 12/2017

Wind Band Music - SCHWANTNER, J. / MASLANKA, D. / BRYANT, S. (Alchemize) (University of Southern Mississippi Wind Ensemble, C.A. Rand)

Contemporary American music for wind band is among the most varied, colorful and brilliant to be heard anywhere, not least when performed by one of the genre’s leading young ensembles. Pulitzer Prize winner Joseph Schwantner is represented by his evocative concerto Luminosity. David Maslanka has helped to reshape the wind band sound and Hosannas, some of which are based on chorale melodies, are full of moments of self-reflection. These qualities of quiet and timelessness are shared by the first movement of Steven Bryant’s Alchemy in Silent Spaces.

Tracklist

Schwantner, Joseph
University of Southern Mississippi Wind Ensemble (Orchestra)
Rand, Catherine A. (Conductor)
McIlwain, Jackie (clarinet)
1I. Spiritoso e energico06:57
University of Southern Mississippi Wind Ensemble (Orchestra)
Rand, Catherine A. (Conductor)
2II. Misterioso06:47
University of Southern Mississippi Wind Ensemble (Orchestra)
Rand, Catherine A. (Conductor)
McIlwain, Jackie (clarinet)
3III. Grande e con forza07:00
University of Southern Mississippi Wind Ensemble (Orchestra)
Rand, Catherine A. (Conductor)
Maslanka, David
Beale, Richard - Lyricist
University of Southern Mississippi Wind Ensemble (Orchestra)
Rand, Catherine A. (Conductor)
Yarrington, Jonathan (tenor)
4I. quarter note = ca. 8003:31
University of Southern Mississippi Wind Ensemble (Orchestra)
Rand, Catherine A. (Conductor)
5II. quarter note = 10004:13
University of Southern Mississippi Wind Ensemble (Orchestra)
Rand, Catherine A. (Conductor)
6III. Chorale: O Sacred Head Now wounded01:46
University of Southern Mississippi Wind Ensemble (Orchestra)
Rand, Catherine A. (Conductor)
7IV. quarter note = 10002:26
University of Southern Mississippi Wind Ensemble (Orchestra)
Rand, Catherine A. (Conductor)
8V. Chorale02:40
University of Southern Mississippi Wind Ensemble (Orchestra)
Rand, Catherine A. (Conductor)
9VI. quarter note = 9203:45
University of Southern Mississippi Wind Ensemble (Orchestra)
Rand, Catherine A. (Conductor)
10VII. A Litany for Courage and the Seasons05:14
Yarrington, Jonathan (tenor)
University of Southern Mississippi Wind Ensemble (Orchestra)
Rand, Catherine A. (Conductor)
Bryant, Steven
University of Southern Mississippi Wind Ensemble (Orchestra)
Rand, Catherine A. (Conductor)
11Alchemy in Silent Spaces: I. The Logic of All My Dreams08:19
University of Southern Mississippi Wind Ensemble (Orchestra)
Rand, Catherine A. (Conductor)

Total Playing Time: 52:38